Are we really committed to the human rights principles?

I will try to answer on them in the way I observe this matter. The fact that there is a gap between the promises held out by the human rights laws and the reality ordinary people are facing in this society is due to many interrelated influences.

First reason for the existing gap is the fact that government and many institution that are supposed to protect human rights principles are influenced by thousands of different interest groups that put heavy pressure on institution in order to achieve their goals. One of the most influential groups that are an opponent for total implementation of human rights in everyday life is corporate elite. I believe that the corporate elite is not benefiting from the protection of economic rights and as a consequence of social rights too. If those economic right principles are protected and if each person had equal opportunities to set their own goals in regard of economic destiny, how will big corporation record huge profits? How they are going the benefit from the high taxes for running their business? How they are going to profit if they are supposed to give something back? As a result, the government and the political parties, as we see today, are under heavy pressure in making decisions. As a consequence, the government is downsizing, and I think we may end up with increasing poverty rates, with no protection of basic worker rights or with the difficulties in providing services.

In addition, human rights principles that generation have struggled to accomplish and institutionalize are unfortunately very fragile.Luckily, there are also many groups that are continually monitoring the human rights status, and that are working very hard to point out problems that few politicians give weight to in their election campaign, although those problems are more urgent than any others.

The third reason of the growing gap is more complicated to explain and is somehow related to the human nature. Personally, I believe that many people in the world do not have sense for other people needs or to be more precise, people are aware of the reality, but they don’t do anything to change it. I think that the action is the same as the inaction. If the society is undemocratic and if the human rights are constantly violated, but nevertheless we keep our eyes closed and do not call for change, something most be terribly wrong in the way we are thinking and in the way we treat each other.